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Navigating the Contours of African Childhood Experiences

Multidisciplinary Perspectives
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This research study discusses the realities of African childhood in Anglophone Central Africa and Southern Africa with a specific focus on some of the key elements of governance, economy and family practice that have mitigated against good outcomes in health, education and adult success. The work includes specific hard data studies as well as analysis of larger social and cultural issues. Among the specific chapters by this all-African group of scholars are: Aetiology of street childhood Nurturing a window of hope: HIV and AIDS education in primary and secondary schools Parental out migration and non migrant transnational childhood: Zimbabwe's status quo Developing a framework for neighbourhood environmental assessments: pilot projects in Vlakfontein, Johannesburg Conflict with the Law: diversion and rehab programs Struggles in peri-urban settlements of Ruwa and Epworth, Zimbabwe Childrens' rights advocacy and disabled students in rural educational settings Corporal Punishment and African child raising traditions
Gwatirera Javangwe (M.Phil)is Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Zimbabwe. Innocent Chirisa (Ph. D)is Acting Chair in the Department of Rural and Urban Planning, University of Zimbabwe and is author of Urban and Rural Planning in Zimbabwe(Academica Press,2012).
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